DEBSTAR SERVICES LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
SC626532 · ltd · incorporated 2019-04-03
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£2.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
64/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47820
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 78300Human resources provision and management of human resources functions
  • 81210General cleaning of buildings
  • 81299Other cleaning services
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed retail with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 64/100 (worth a look), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
64/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,567
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,445 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£3k
↓ 49% YoY
Current Assets
£4k
↑ 300% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£1k£2k£3k£4k£5kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£3.0k£573
Current assets£3.6k£898
Net assets£2.6k£5.0k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-20
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-01-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-04-14
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-04-14
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-01-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-05
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-03-04
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2020-06-09
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2020-06-09
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-04-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As DEBSTAR SERVICES LTD
  15. 2019-04-03
    ➕
    AKINYELE, Ayorinde Olaoluwa, Mr. appointed
    director
  16. 2019-04-03
    ➕
    AKINYELE, Folashade Adeola appointed
    director
  17. 2019-04-03
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-03-26

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr. Ayorinde Olaoluwa Akinyele
Individual · Nigerian · DOB 09/1984 · age 42
50–75%
25–50%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control03/04/2019
Mrs Folashade Adeola Akinyele
Individual · British · DOB 11/1983 · age 43
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control03/04/2019

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-04-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47820 — SIC 47820

Registered office

5 Balbakie Road
Harthill
Shotts
ML7 5QQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-03-26OVERDUE
Last: 2025-03-12

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

AKINYELE, Ayorinde Olaoluwa, Mr.→
director · ~42y · appointed 2019-04-03
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AKINYELE, Folashade Adeola→
director · ~43y · appointed 2019-04-03
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Recent filings (20 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-05